No theory of government was ever given a fairer test or a more prolonged experiment in a democratic country than democratic socialism received in Britain. Yet it was a miserable failure in every respect... To cure the British disease with socialism was like trying to cure leukemia with leeches.

A world without nuclear weapons would be less stable and more dangerous for all of us.

We are a British nation with British characteristics. Every country can take some small minorities and in many ways they add to the richness and variety of this country. The moment the minority threatens to become a big one, people get frightened.

No generation has a free hold on this earth. All we have is a life tenancy-with a full repairing lease.

Socialists don't like ordinary people choosing, for they might not choose Socialism.

I'm standing up for the right of self-determination. I'm standing up for our territory. I'm standing up for our people. I'm standing up for international law. I'm standing up for all those territories - those small territories and peoples the world over - who, if someone doesn't stand up and say to an invader 'enough, stop', would be at risk.

If you want to get something said in the politics tell a man. If you want to get something done in the politics tell a woman